ORNL Workshop on Nanophase Materials Sciences

Pollard Auditorium
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

October 24-26, 2001

Preliminary Program

October 24 — Registration, Reception*
October 25 — Plenary, Breakout Sessions, and Banquet
October 26 — Breakout Sessions, Wrap-Up, and Tours

Plenary Session

Welcome

  • Patricia Dehmer, Director, DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences
  • William Madia, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Douglas Lowndes, Workshop Chair, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

An Overview of Nanophase Materials Research

  • University perspective:
    • Zhong L. Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Thomas P. Russell, University of Massachusetts
  • Industry perspective:
    • Thomas N. Theis, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center

The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences

  • Overivew of the Center Concept
    • Douglas Lowndes, ORNL
  • Nanofabrication Research Laboratory
    • Leonard Feldman, Vanderbilt University
    • Michael Simpson, ORNL
  • Nanomaterials Theory Institute
    • Peter Cummings, ORNL/University of Tennessee
  • Synthesis
    • Ward Plummer, ORNL/University of Tennessee
  • Neutron Science
    • Thom Mason, Director, SNS
  • Center Operations
    • Linda Horton, ORNL

Breakout Sessions - NEW! click here for final Breakout Session agenda

  • Nanofabrication Research Laboratory
    • Discussion leaders
      • Michael Simpson, ORNL
      • Leonard Feldman, Vanderbilt University
      • TBD
  • Nanomaterials Theory Institute
    • Discussion leaders
      • Peter Cummings, ORNL/University of Tennessee
      • John Cooke, ORNL
      • TBD
  • Soft Materials: Organic, Hybrid, and Interfacial Nanophases
    • Discussion leaders
      • Michelle Buchanan, ORNL
      • Thomas Russell, University of Massachusetts
      • Jimmy Mays, University of Alabama, Birmingham
  • Complex Nanophase Materials Systems
    • Discussion leaders
      • Ward Plummer, ORNL/University of Tennessee
      • Zhong L. Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology
      • TBD
  • Operational Aspects
    • Discussion leaders
      • Linda Horton, ORNL
      • Al Ekkebus, SNS/ORNL
      • TBD
  • Other Topics
    • Discussion leaders
      • TBD
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Registration will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 24, at the Garden Plaza Hotel. An informal welcoming reception will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 24, at the Garden Plaza Hotel.
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| Program Agenda | Registration Form (PDF) |

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